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VATupdate Newsletter Week 32 2022

If you have kids, you probably know what it means to worry about them all the time. And if you don’t have kids, well, you can compare it to that prickling question in the back of your mind when you go on vacation: “did I turn the lights off or not?”

When Gen Xers and Millennials were kids, playing outside wasn’t much of an option. That’s just what you did.

As a parent, you know that at the moment your child is born, you are already starting to grow apart. Of course, you change the diapers, you bring them to school, you teach them your norms and values, you’re there for them when they need it. But you know that, one day, they will go and live their own life. And they make mistakes and they learn from them. And they will get hurt, and you will feel that same pain.

But that’s good. Especially in today’s world, children should grow up, knowing that not everything in life is easy. The worst thing you can do as a parent, is to be overprotective. In Dutch we even found a word for these parents: ‘curling parents’, because they want to even and smoothen out the path for their spawn.

In fact, research shows that children that play outside more often, are healthier and can lead to a more effective immune system. Studies show that by being exposed to ‘the outside’, as well as to sunshine, affects the trillions of microorganisms that live on and inside us and thus influence our risks of certain diseases, food cravings, mental health, and sometimes even our personalities.

What this study seems to prove is that our surroundings and lifestyles can play a huge role in the richness and diversity of bacteria in our bodies, and that’s not typically a bad thing.

Even though the study was performed on children, we think that it applies to everyone. VAT is of course the most wonderful thing to work on every day, but it may be a good idea to take a break and go outside. Even if it’s just a walk during your lunch break. But even better: go camping, take hikes, go skiing or swim in a lake – the more natural environments you can expose yourself to, the better off everyone will be in the long run! And the people around you as well.

Stay safe!


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